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This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these paintings must have decorated the Queen´s Gallery in the Alcázar (Madrid), a representation space where the Queen launched a decorative and iconographic program of exaltation of her dynasty. Others
Composición dividida en dos partes: la inferior o terrenal, con los personajes de la Virgen, el Niño, San José y los pastores con ofrendas y la superior o celestial, con un grupo de ángeles portadores de una filacteria con el lema "Gloria in excelsis Deo". Se observa un desequilibrio entre el tamaño de los ángeles y el de los personajes de la parte inferior, pero no es el único caso en el que Palo
The scene, with a distinctly genre flavour, depicts a passage from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). The main figure, wearing armour, kneels awaiting to be dubbed a knight; the amusing folk setting around him is far removed from the ceremonial splendour implied by such an event.
Las figuras de esta obra, así como las de las obras P1371 a P1379, se atribuyen a Peeter Bout.
Michel-Ange Houasse, son of the painter René-Antoine Houasse (c.1645-1710), had enjoyed a long career during the reign of Louis XIV of France (r.1643-1715). From 1715 until his death, Michel-Ange worked in the court in Madrid during the reign of the first Bourbon monarch, Philip V (r.1700-24 and 1724-46), creating interesting landscape paintings, genre scenes, religious paintings and portra
This portrait of Philip V is based on a prototype devised by Meléndez in the 1720s. It combines a French model with the use of broad, zig-zagging brushstrokes typical of the Madrid Baroque style. The monarch´s notably idealised face is extremely delicately painted, with the paler tone of the broad brow suggesting the illumination of intelligence. Small highlights on the nose and lips emphas
Paisaje con grupos de pastores y caminantes; a la derecha, un río o laguna con barcas y pescadores; fondo montañoso con vista de un pueblo fortificado. Las figuras de esta obra (así como las de las obras P1371 a P1379) se atribuyen a Peeter Bout.
This work belongs to a series inspired by passages from Don Quixote portrayed with the same satirical humour as in Cervantes´text. The famous knight, seated at a table, is served by innkeepers in a parody of what would have been a court ceremony. Similarities have been pointed out with paintings of this type executed by the Madrid-based French artist Michel-Ange Houasse (1680-1730).
Saint John the Baptist looks out at the viewer with a direct, decided gaze. His face is framed by the diagonal lines of his arms while his body is emphasised by the pronounced chiaroscuro. The saint is accompanied by his traditional attributes: a scroll, a reed cross and the lamb that prefigures Christ’s act of redemption.
Las representaciones de San Juan Bautista como niño tienen su origen en el Renacimiento italiano, pero los pintores de ese momento emparejaron generalmente su figura infantil con la del Niño Jesús, dentro de composiciones en las que casi siempre aparecía también la Virgen y se ponía de relieve una tierna relación entre los dos infantes. Andando el tiempo, los artistas comenzaron a dar un tratamien
Wearing a child´s dress of branched yellow fabric with silver adornments and the sash and cross of the Order of the Saint-Esprit, the future monarch rests his right hand on a small dog that stands atop a chair partially covered by a curtain. His gesture seeks to calm the animal, who is barking at a monkey on the other side of the prince. The small simian is attempting to grab his leash, whic
Las figuras de esta obra se atribuyen a Peeter Bout.
This is one of the artist’s later works. It must date from 1689 at the very earliest, as that is the year he became one of the king’s painters and this is indicated alongside his signature by the letters P and R, intertwined and topped by a crown. This sort of work- a religious scene surrounded by a garland -was quite frequent in 17th-century Flemish painting, but the same genre was cultivated by
Paisaje con jinetes y caminantes a la orilla del mar, surcado por barcos de vela; a la derecha, construcciones junto a un puerto; fondo montañoso con la silueta de un castillo. Las figuras de esta obra se atribuyen a Peeter Bout.
Various gentlemen in Carlos IV-style clothing gather in front of the palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas in Valencia. They are accompanied by a pack of dogs and various lackeys. Domingo´s technique is based on short, schematic brushstrokes that shape the figures, bringing great luminosity and colorist expressivity to the overall composition. This type of small, lively works was especially popular w
The absolute protagonist of this canvas is the Sun King, who governed France from 1643 to 1715. He was only five years old when he took the throne after the death of his father, Louis XIII, but the early years of his reign were under the regency of his mother, Queen Anne of Austria (1601-1666), who was the sister of Philip IV of Spain and of Cardinal Mazarino (1602-1661). The image is completely m
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